All Posts by MarlonB

I understand the OP's concerns .. and agree with them, accept ... many areas are really small .... if you are questing there, it only takes 2 other players and you will be fighting eachother over mobs to kill.

Damn ... in ancient SWG, you would find hundreds of people in the most popular cities, on huge open planets. If ya needed mobs or kills for a mission, they were spawned for you, or you could find the mobs over half the planet. Ok, the graphisc sucked .... but still ...

If i had the choice, i would choose bigger areas/ more peeps over graphics anytime.

Originally posted by DragonOpt1

Also how would I go about overclocking my cpu to lets say 3.0 to be safe? Is there a link someone can post, as well as answer my last question about my video card :x

This guide is very complete on oc-ing your q6600 ... but honestly, cpu will not be your problem.

 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/240001-11-howto-overclock-quads-duals-guide

Originally posted by MasterPain55

 

Originally posted by DragonOpt1

I have a Windows XP system with a Quad-core 2.4,4gigs of ram and a 8800GT. When usually get 50-130fps and in cities the fps never dip below 30. My connection is always around 100 so I doubt it's lag. Any idea on if I should upgrade the cpu? When I start out in new areas and start to run/walk I get 1-2sec studders like it's loading the content or something. Other then that the game runs perfect on High setting, I've tried to change the setting to med or even low but I still get the same little studders.

 

Your using a q6600 2.4 cpu, these are the most highly overclockable quad cores on the market. Its definitly not your cpu, but you should know that you can push that cpu well over 3ghz with just air cooling. Greater than 3.6ghz would require watercooling. You should definitly look into overclocking.

True ... i have one myself .... yesterday i pushed it to 3.6Ghz by just upping the fsb and vcore voltage.

But from what i have seen, the studders are always accompanied by hdd activity ... even with my raptors in raid I have that issue.

Keep your disks defragged, and you could try completely disabling pagefile (windows will still use it though) ... with 4Gb ram you should be fine.

I would choose immersion over graphics anytime ... isn't that what RPG is about ?

For example early SWG ... huge open planets .... sucky graphics .... but great immersion (except for the damn buildings popping up ontop of you).

I tried open beta for conan .... i liked it, except there was NO immersion. Mainly caused by the 5 to 10 minutes loading screens 3 times an hour ( one of the lucky ones with a decent computer, but crappy performance).

Yes ... it might have been proven that SOE was wrong .. doesn't change the fact though that they took a very enjoyable game away from me. And that makes me sad.

I only wish that someday somebody takes the many brilliant ideas and concepts of the original SWG, and does something good with it.

As Ravel mentioned before, it is all speculation.

Originally posted by Kyleran

 

Originally posted by Nicod3mus

While I agree with you in large part a lot of people want in the beta to get an "edge" on the rest of the population on release. The industry has taken notice and is using beta phases to promote games as much as gamers are using them to play instead of test.

 

Only a matter of time before some company starts charging a nominal monthly fee to get into beta....start the revenue stream early.....

Fileplanet already does this ... you can buy yourself into some beta's by becoming a paying subscriber at Fileplanet.

Originally posted by DarthMaulUK

  A server merge really is the best option but will need careful planning.

I wouldn't be surprised if you wake up one day, and they did it without telling anyone ... and did it poorly

Originally posted by ghoul31

 

Originally posted by MarlonB

less armor = more agility = higher evasion = higher damage per hit

More armor = less agility = lower evasion = less damage per hit

 

It should equal out somewhere .....

 

And did you ever see me fight nekkid ??? .... you would die ...... laughing :D

 

 

no it doesnt even out. Knights wouldnt have spent thousands of dollars on armor if it didn't really matter

 

 

Armor was just a trend in those days ... fashion, but not practical  ... Knights are sissies ... a real man fights naked

 Why aren't our current soldiers dressed up with 40Kg armor ? .....

less armor = more agility = higher evasion = higher damage per hit

More armor = less agility = lower evasion = less damage per hit

It should equal out somewhere .....

And did you ever see me fight nekkid ??? .... you would die ...... laughing :D

Why do you people take it so for granted to get into beta? They don't need 3000 people .. only a few, which they already picked long time ago.

Wait for open beta, just like the rest.

Originally posted by SioBabble

 

The giant ones were very impressive visually,but they were pretty pathetic pets, compared to say grauls and rancors.

Oh, they were good for one other thing...a place to stand under to get out of the rain.

 

Yeah,  I renamed the giant veermoks, and used them to advertise for my Creature Handler guild in coronet starport :) ... they drew lot's of attention :D

I must say, one of their best vid's so far. I'm always a sucker for real gameplay footage, iso the cinematic crap :D

PvP looks very promising ... i just wonder if people will not simply stick to the center part of the arena, while the rest of the area will not be used ??

Originally posted by Obraik

 

Originally posted by Agricola1

 

Originally posted by Horkathane

 

The non believers will be cleared! Galaxies is REBORN!

http://horkathane.com/movies/post-cu-nge.wmv

 

Hmmm that's 30 seconds of my life I won't get back!

Also you like PvP so why are you playing SWG? Oh yeah you get to fight in Restuss (or whatever the PvP zone is called) with the other 2 guys on the free trial!

 

Woohaaaa ... color overload !! ... tearing eyes !!

One of the first things i really disliked .... replacing those nice easy on the eyes mono-colored icons with all that flashy crap :) .... Although i understand why they did it ... infants are attracted to bright colors

You find that worrying ?

Look at this!